Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What is the most stressful thing you've ever done?

---

Surprisingly, not this job... ;)

Comments

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

The past nine years, dealing with Mike.

Easily.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

Be a parent.

[randorr.livejournal.com]

Heck... quite a few to pick from really. I'd probably pick the period of a few years back of the horrendous breakdown of my last relationship (lasting 7+ years) when I also resigned from my job, lost/had to give up many joint friends, theft of my ISA monies (by said partner), my home, and dignity; while having to deal with my brother's mental health and under go an operation to boot.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

randor, you replied to my post rather than to ayoub's

[randorr.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll not hold it against me :O)

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

of course :)

[randorr.livejournal.com]

;O)

[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

A few years ago a friend of mine was getting married, and I was invited to the wedding as a guest. She had a four-person mini choir (SATB) booked to sing an a cappella Byrd mass for the ceremony in the church. I wasn't aware of this until I showed up at the church and she approached me in hysterics, saying that the soprano of the choir had bailed out at the last minute, and without a replacement soprano she would have absolutely no music for her wedding, and the whole thing would be ruined.

Then she sobbed and begged.

Oh jesus. Not only am I not a soprano, I didn't even know Byrd had written an a cappella mass (early vocal music = not my thing). I'd never heard this mass before in my life.

Anyway, long story longer, I sightread the soprano part, this huge piece that the other three singers had been rehearsing for months to get right. I had no other soprano to lean on, and, you know, churches... the sound carries to every corner. So every mistake was right out there for 550 guests to hear.

I don't remember anything about the ceremony, because every time we stopped to let the priest do the spoken parts of the service, I was scrambling to review the next singing part so I'd at least have some warning as to what was coming.

That was the longest hour of my life. After it was over I went and had a lie-down in the back seat of my car, completely catatonic.

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. My stomach clenched just reading this. You are an amazing friend to have done this!!!

[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

Okay, third time's the charm, maybe - I'm not used to journals that allow anonymous commenting. :-P

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

LOL! I figured it was you. :) Wow, what an experience! Talk about challenging all of your music skills, I can well imagine!!!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Wow... That's awesome, though... :D

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

As in, the history of ever?

To my horror, it was when i learned i actually have a heart and it's not made completely out of stone.

[indigobluejelly.livejournal.com]

What Im going through right now...

[smwright.livejournal.com]

As seems to be the answer to many of your QsofTD, leaving this marriage.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

Um, probably leaving home during my mid teens....mainly due to the threat that my mother was going to have me sectioned if I didn't move back in :o(

Closely followed by moving to Scotland.

[spacedlaw.livejournal.com]

I think saying goodbye to my first boyfriend. I knew it would hurt him very deeply and that he'd immediately go into denial and try to pull all sorts of sentimental blackmail. Which he did.

[milagro75.livejournal.com]

Probably dealing with family stuff that, while thankfully is in the past, still unfortunately left a not-good impression.

As far as day to day stuff, that'd definitely be work.

[mybeautifulwars]

Lately, apply to get into a specialized program at another college. Now I know why so many kids don't stay in school. GAH!

It is ridiculously complicated and stressful. But I DID IT!! :-)

[gillian16.livejournal.com]

Buying a house.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Deal with my divorce and then getting myself back up to where I am now. Stressful, very much so but in the end worth it.

[1jodie.livejournal.com]

i guess i'd say getting through last year at my job. within the first month of me starting, my entire staff quit. it was a scramble to hire them all and train them. all the while i was training myself.

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Grad school...if you mean sustained high levels of stress with few breaks. If you mean something short, uhm........I honestly can't think of anything that touches grad school, lmao. :)

[nonickname96.livejournal.com]

The final month or so before I graduated is the last highly stressful part of my life that i can rememeber. My wedding and planning for it was rather stressful... but i still think the end of school was worse.

♥

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Ride a motorcycle down a mountain switchback road with my wife on the back and an out of control 18 wheeler on my butt.

[nantosvelta.livejournal.com]

My Board of Certification exam. Part oral exam part job interview in front of a panel of three inspectors who are likely going to be your boss at some point in the future.

They usually have at least one person pass out/have hysterics every time they hold the exam. Fortunately, that wasn't me this year.

[shamrocks-13.livejournal.com]

The most stressful thing I have ever done is raise two kids. How original is that? Lol.

Second up is being pregnant and dealing with raging, drunk men that are fighting.

Third to that is completley ending a drunken fight by knocking my brother in law OUT.

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Two things. Returning to college and death of personality.

[tonya.livejournal.com]

Having children.

[innerly.livejournal.com]

don't want to talk about stress today... plus, you probably know the answer to that

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight*

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

When I was 15, I babysat for a very ornery asthmatic two year old. She had to have three kinds of medication. She was a preemie, and looked very frail and sickly. Everytime she would sniff or cough, I would go into a panic. I had to stay all night with her once. Needless to say I got very little sleep.

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

Watch my mother die.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight*

[kabandra.livejournal.com]

Oh boy... where to start :P

Single incidents of stress:
- Saving a life at the pool- she got heatstroke and me being incharge at the time, I was responsible essentially for her life. There's been no other feeling like that.
- Tripping and bleeding (my knee) while hiding from now-ex boyfriend's mom in his bathroom. Haha.
- Telling Rob my feelings and facing his negative reactions.
- Being responsible for reporting in numbers in one of the indicator precincts in Iowa (on top of herding Iowans into Hillary's corner).

Continuing stressers:
- Campaigning. Everyday is high stress and demanding with no breaks. Today was especially stressful. Today especially has been pretty bad.
- This whole year first year out of college has been a stress. But that's kinda ending right now.
- I used to get really stressed about college work, but now that seems so easy compared to life outside of college.

[bluesgirly.livejournal.com]

I for one am quite glad you're job doesn't stress you out:) Who needs a job like that? Hell with it!

My job doesn't stress me out either. My little dog Chance and Nascar driver Kyle Busch, now they stress me out.

I think I have to fill you in on Nascar. I doubt there are too many stock car races over there. We have them here so us savages can eat fried bolonie sandwiches and drink enough beer to kill a whale and waste more gasoline.

It's hella fun:)

[bia22.livejournal.com]

Both times I've had to quit jobs have been the worst.I hate baring bad news:P

[stalkings.livejournal.com]

the most stressful thing i've ever done was have a baby!! lol

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Being a single parent, dealing with my parents' failing health, moving countless times, grad school, certification exams, being stuck in a dead end job.

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

I can't remember anything I've done that was stressful. I have stressful days but no where near what some people would consider 'stressful' I usually cause myself stress.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I only get stressed when things are too busy...